Show us your Mrs. Box with your rings!

[xjsbellamias13]

This is my box in the color Etta! Love it

 

[PintoBean]

My newest box from the family joolz and a family photo!

 

[missy]

Newest Mrs Box in Blue. My favorite color so far.
I don't use them for rings however but for my earrings. The double slot boxes works perfectly for my earrings.

 

[Rubies-R-Me]

Oh what a great idea Missy!! So clever.

 

[missy]

Oh what a great idea Missy!! So clever.

Aww thanks @Rubies-R-Me. The double slots (not just Mrs Box but all the little boxes I have now) fit my earrings perfectly and they fit well in the safe too and are easy to line up and organize. My ER and WBs are in the box my dh made for me and they will always remain there as that was created by my dh with his own 2 hands and they belong there.

 

[MamaBee]

I don’t have a safe and I put my earrings and rings in little baggies separately..I have some cute ring boxes but I don’t use them..sadly..

 

[missy]

I don’t have a safe and I put my earrings and rings in little baggies separately..I have some cute ring boxes but I don’t use them..sadly..

If you do not think you will ever use them you should sell them. Use the money towards more bling or bling related items.

 

[MeowMeow]

Newest Mrs Box in Blue. My favorite color so far.
I don't use them for rings however but for my earrings. The double slot boxes works perfectly for my earrings.

Super pretty Missy!

 

[stracci2000]

The Mrs. Box is too expensive, so I made my own.

 

[missy]

The Mrs. Box is too expensive, so I made my own.

Very lovely @stracci2000
I have not spent the full price for the Mrs Box. In the past I have bought them on sale or from other PSers. I agree it is too expensive at full price.

 

[stracci2000]

Very lovely @stracci2000
I have not spent the full price for the Mrs Box. In the past I have bought them on sale or from other PSers. I agree it is too expensive at full price.

I am a weird crafty girl! It was fun, once I got the hang of making it, and working with the velvet.

 

[missy]

I am a weird crafty girl! It was fun, once I got the hang of making it, and working with the velvet.

I don't think it is weird to be a crafty girl at all. I think it is super impressive. Maybe you should start making these to sell? I bet you would have many people who would love to purchase these from you.

 

[MeowMeow]

The Mrs. Box is too expensive, so I made my own.

That looks really good! Great job!

 

[stracci2000]

That looks really good! Great job!

Thanks! It was tedious, but worth the effort.

 

[xsouzie]

The Newport...

Newest Mrs Box in Blue. My favorite color so far.
I don't use them for rings however but for my earrings. The double slot boxes works perfectly for my earrings.

This is genius!! I have too many Mrs Boxes than I have any business getting, I think I'm going to try this for my earrings.

 

[pinkgem2522]

This is my box in the color Etta! Love it

Even the box is beautiful

 

[jbkhere]

Newest Mrs Box in Blue. My favorite color so far.
I don't use them for rings however but for my earrings. The double slot boxes works perfectly for my earrings.

Ohmygoodness, Missy! I LOVE these earrings!

 

[elliefire99]

Not a Mrs. Box, but yeeeeeee! Sooo cute!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuXm18enEiM/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=12a0kvegogetl

 

[missy]

This is genius!! I have too many Mrs Boxes than I have any business getting, I think I'm going to try this for my earrings.

Thanks. Hope it works out as well for you as it has me. I really love keeping my earrings in these small pretty boxes. The fit is perfect.

Ohmygoodness, Missy! I LOVE these earrings!

Thanks @jbkhere, they have quickly become my go to earrings these days. So comfy and old. Just like me.

 

[Rockcollector]

Gorgeous. I agree on the darker colours. Diamonds look icy white in the darker colours, like my black Tiffany box. I'm waiting until they restock the Jubilee or Louis V.

So many beautiful rings!!

 

[Nikki1415]

I'm so tempted to buy one, but I highly doubt I'll use it instead of the Wolf jewelry box

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Gold and purple always looked so regal to me!

 

[Nikki1415]

Gold and purple always looked so regal to me!

It looks so beautiful! This makes me want one but I like to keep my jewelry in one place.

 

[Rose-gold-or-bust]

I treated my rings to a new Mrs. Box. They have this new bezel style and you can add an engraved metal plate. Here is the Havenhart color. I had the lid engraved with lyrics from our first dance

 

[LinSF]

The Mrs. Box is too expensive, so I made my own.

@stracci2000 Could you please share where you found instructions on doing this! I want to try it!!!

 

[stracci2000]

@stracci2000 Could you please share where you found instructions on doing this! I want to try it!!!

I found instructions for making square ones, but they are tricky to pull off, and the measurements needed tweaking. I moved on to trying round boxes and they are so much easier!
I am off to running errands now, but I will come pack here in a few hours and post how I made this round one! Promise!

 

[stracci2000]

@LinSF ,
OK, below are instructions to make a square box. You have to scroll down to the "May 12" posting to find the instructions.
http://fussykiki.blogspot.com/
I made 2 messy ones, but the third one turned out OK. The corners were so hard to do, and I couldn't find 4 cm wide velvet ribbon anywhere! In fact, I couldn't even find real velvet in any fabric stores, either. Seriously! I went into a thrift store and bought a real velvet dress for 4.00 and cut it up.
So I experimented with paper towel tubes and made some round ones.
I couldn't find my old instructions, so I put one together and took photos of the steps.

You will need 1 paper towel tube, good quality double stick tape like 3M, velvet, contrasting fabric, Elmer's glue, and stiff but flexible foam, like from a packing box. The foam should be about 7/8" thick.
Cut tube into 4 rings. Two will be 1/2" wide and two will be 7/8".
Cut a 1/2" section from one of each size and tape back together to form 2 smaller rings.


On thin cardboard, trace inside rings to make one small circle and two large circles, label and cut out.

Trace small circle onto foam and cut out, then cut in half.

Cut a strip of velvet 1 3/4" wide and 6 1/2" long. Cover largest wide ring using double stick tape inside and out. This will be tricky!

Cut another velvet 1" wide and 6 1/2" long and cover largest narrow ring the same way.
Cover the two large circles with velvet also, using double stick. Trim about 1/16" from around each circle to make allowance for thickness of velvet.

Cut contrasting fabric into two strips, same size as velvet strips, and cover smaller rings the same way.
Cover smaller circle as well. Try not to let fabric crease or bunch up. I didnt try too hard at this because I was trying to take photos! Certain fabrics will be worse than others.

Now place smaller narrow ring into wider velvet ring.
Add velvet "cap" and contrasting inside piece. Use Elmer's to glue the box top together.


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[stracci2000]

Assemble parts and glue box bottom together.
Trim your foam to fit into box bottom.

Pull foam back out with tweezers and cover with velvet using double stick, making sure to completely cover the inside where your ring will slip into.

Add glue down inside and push foam pieces into place

The box should fit together good but if not you may have to go back and redo some steps.
This project is tedious and I guarantee that your first one will be a flop!
But by the time you are on your 4th one, they will start turning out OK!
Keeping the fabric from bunching up is challenging, and you must be trimming everything along the way.
(My contrasting fabric is bunched up because I did this for demonstration!)
Elmers will soak into the fabric, so be careful not to get it on parts of the material where it will be seen.
Some materials are thicker than others, so you must keep that in mind also.

 

[LinSF]

Woah, you are a doll! Thank you so much @stracci2000! I'm going to figure out supplies tomorrow!

 

[fussykiki]

Assemble parts and glue box bottom together.
Trim your foam to fit into box bottom.

Pull foam back out with tweezers and cover with velvet using double stick, making sure to completely cover the inside where your ring will slip into.

Add glue down inside and push foam pieces into place

The box should fit together good but if not you may have to go back and redo some steps.
This project is tedious and I guarantee that your first one will be a flop!
But by the time you are on your 4th one, they will start turning out OK!
Keeping the fabric from bunching up is challenging, and you must be trimming everything along the way.
(My contrasting fabric is bunched up because I did this for demonstration!)
Elmers will soak into the fabric, so be careful not to get it on parts of the material where it will be seen.
Some materials are thicker than others, so you must keep that in mind also.

So surprise that people still refer to my blog post that was written so many years ago! Wow!!